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EDWARD   PAYSON  HAMMOND, 

AUTHOR    OF    ''LITTLE    ONES    IN    THE    FOLD,"    ETC. 


13©  S  C©  N: 
PUBLISHED     BY     HENRY     HOYT, 

No.     9     COKNHILL. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  CongresB,  in  the  year  1863,  by 

HENRY     HOYT, 
In  the  Clerk's  Office  of  the  District  Court  of  Massachusetts. 


This  book  for  little  ones  is  a  report  of  an  Address 
delivered  by  Kev.  Mr.  Hammond  before  one  of  the  United 
Children's  Meetings,  during  the  great  awakening  in  the 
city  of  Rochester  in  the  spring  of  'G3,  when  it  is  believed 
that  hundreds  of  those  in  the  tender  years  of  childhood 
were  led  by  the  Holy  Spirit  to  see  themselves  as  lost  sin- 
ners, and  to  accept  of  Christ  as  their  only  hope  of  heaven. 

It  was  officially  reported,  at  the  Sabbath-School  Teach- 
ers' Convention,  of  New  York  State,  held  in  Troy,  that 
one  thousand  and  one,  from  the  sabbath-schools  in  and 
about  Rochester,  have  since  been  examined  and  received 
into  the  visible  fold  of  Christ. 

This  volume  is  sent  forth  with  the  earnest  prayer  that 
it  may  be  blessed  as  the  means  of  leading  many  others  to 
a  saving  knowledge  of  the  Lord  Jesus. 


The  Child's  Guide  to  Heaven. 


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My  dear  Cuildren, — 

)N  the  grounds  of  Hampton  Court, 
twelve  miles  below  London,  is  a 
labyrinth,  in  which  Henry  the 
VIIL,  more  than  three  hundred 
years  ago,  used  to  wander  about  for 
his  amusement.  I  suppose  you  have 
never  seen  a  labyrinth,  so  I  will 
show  you  a  picture  of  this  very  one, 
which  I  brought  with  me  across  the 
stormy   Atlantic.     Were   you   to   study 


6  THE    child's    guide    TO    HEAVEN. 

it  a  little  you  would  find  it  very 
easy  to  get  into,  but  far  more  diffi- 
cult  to   get   out   of. 

One  beautiful  afternoon  in  autumn, 
after  spending  hours  among  the  pic- 
ture-galleries in  the  palace,  and  visit- 
ing the  room  where  Oliver  Cromwell 
parted  for  the  last  time  with  his  lovely 
daughter,  I  wandered  away  into  the 
park,  among  the  delicate  light-footed 
deer,   and   camo   to   this   labyrinth. 

I  saw  people  entering  it,  and  heard 
them  say  they  could  find  their  way 
out  easy  enough,  and  I,  too,  was  led 
to  attempt  it.  It  was  very  easy  to 
go  in  a  long  distance ;  but  when  I 
turned  to  find  my  way  back,  it  was  a 
different  matter;  whichever  path  among 


LOST    IN    THE     LABYRINTH. 


the  high  hawthorne  hedges  I  took,  I 
soon  reached  its  end.  I  could  not 
even  find  the  people  ^  whom  a  little 
before  I  saw  entering  this  strange 
place.  I  seemed  to  walk  miles,  and 
yet  to  be  no  nearer  the  end.  It  was 
getting  dark,  and  I  began  to  fear  I 
might  have  to  lie  down  upon  the  cold 
ground  for  the  night.  All  this  time  a 
kind  man  had  been  standing  upon  a 
high  tower  near  by,  waiting  for  me  to 
lift  my  eyes  to  him,  and  ask  him  to 
guide  me   out.     I  quickly  said, — 

"  Dear  sir,  will  you  please  show  me 
the  way  out  of  this  dark  place?" 

"  Oh,  yes  !  "  he  replied,  and  with  a 
long  stick  he  soon  he]j)ed  me  to  thread 
my  way  to  the  green  lawn  again. 


8  THE    child's    guide    TO    HEAVEN. 

How  much  time  and  anxiety  I  might 
have  been  saved,  if  I  had  only  taken 
this  man  for  my  guide  out  of  this 
winding  puzzle  1  He  seemed  so  glad 
to  help  me,  he  made  me  think  of  the 
dear  Jesus,  who  always  stands  ready  to 
guide  lost  sinners  in  the  way  to 
heaven.  His  words,  you  know,  are,  "  I 
am  the  way  and  the  truth  and  the  life." 
Let  us  all  see  if  we  can  find  that  verse. 
Yes,  here  it  is  —  John  xiv.  6  :  "  Jesus 
saith  unto  him,  I  am  the  way  and  the 
truth  and  the  life ;  no  man  cometh  unto 
the  Father  but  by  me."  But  have  you 
ever  felt,  my  dear  children,  that  you 
were  lost  in  the  dark  ways  of  sin,  and 
that  you  could  not  find  the  way  to 
heaven  without  the  help  of  Jesus,  who 


CATACOMBS    IN    ROME. 


died  on  the  cross  that  he  might  lead 
you  home  to  the  mansions  above.  If 
you  have  told  one  lie,  or  had  one 
luicked  tJiought,  then  you  are  surely 
lost  in  the  dreadful  labyrinth  of  sin, 
and  you  will  never  get  out  without 
the  help  of  Jesus. 

And  yet  some  of  you  have  never 
really  asked  him  to  be  your  Saviour 
and  Guide,  and  you  are  every  day 
going  farther  and  farther  away  from 
him.  In  Rome  we  followed  a  guide 
with  a  lighted  taper  down  into  the  Cat- 
acombs, which,  like  this  labyrinth,  wan- 
der off  in  all  directions  under  ground. 
A  little  before,  a  young  man  left  the 
guide,  and  was  soon  out  of  hearing. 
Search  was   made   for   him,   but  it  was 


10       THE    child's    guide    TO^  HEAVEN. 

all  in  vain.  Days  and  weeks  passed 
away,  and  at  last  nothing  but  his  bones 
were  found.  How  closely  the  very 
thought  of  it  made  me  cling  to  our 
guide.  This  young  man  did  not  ex- 
pect to  be  lost,  but  he  never  saw  the 
light  of  day  after  he  left  that  guide. 
And  I  am  afraid  that  some  of  you  will 
be  lost,  and  never  see  the  light  of 
heaven.  I  know  you  never  will,  if 
you  do  not  come  to  Jesus,  and  cling 
close  by  his  side.  As  that  guide  in 
the  Catacombs  of  Rome  held  a  light 
for  us,  so  Jesus  will  give  you  the  light 
of  the  Holy  Spitit  all  your  journey 
through,  if  you  will  but  pray  to  him  to 
save  you  from  sin  and  be  your  guide. 
Will    you   ask  him  to-day?      He   loves 


LOST    GIRL    IN    LONDON.  11 

you,    and  wishes    to    take    you  by  tlie 

hand  and   lead   you  along   the   shining 

* 

path  to  happiness  and  glory.  Will  you 
let  him  ?  "  Just  now  ?  "  And  sing 
with  joy  "  Jesus  take  me,  just  now, 
Jesus  guide  me,  just  now." 

A  few  days  after  my  visit  to  Hamp- 
ton Court,  as  I  was  passing  along  the 
streets  of  London,  I  fell  in  with  a 
crowd  of  anxious  people,  who  were 
gathered  around  a  little  girl  on  the 
sidewalk.  She  had  wandered  away 
from  her  home.  One  object  after  an- 
other had  allured  her  along,  until,  as 
she  began  to  look  up'  and  around  to 
see  where  she  was,  she  found  she  was 
lost.  A^ll  was  strange  to  her.  She  had 
been  running  in  different  directions,  but 


12     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

could  not  find  the  way  to  her  father's 
house.  And  as  I  saw  her  she  was  be- 
ginning to  cry.  Her  tears  were  all  in 
vain,  for  none  of  us  knew  the  way  to 
her  house.  At  length  a  kind  gentleman 
came  along,  who  at  once  knew  her,  and 
pressing  his  way  into  the  crowd,  he 
took  her  by  the  hand,  saying, — 

"I  know  the  little  girl;  I  will  take 
her  home ! " 

The  tears  of  the  child  were  soon 
brushed  away;  for  she  believed  that 
this  good  man  would  take  her  straight 
to  her  father  and  mother. 

But  during  the  past  few  weeks  I 
have  seen  hundreds  of  children,  in 
Utica,  awakened  to  find  that  they  were 
lost  and  in  need  of  Jesus,  wlio,  a  few 


"how    can    I    GET    A    NEW    HEART?"      13 

days  before,  were  as  careless  and 
thoughtless  as  was  this  little  girl  in 
London,  before  she  found  she  was  lost ; 
and  I  have  seen  them  weeping  as 
though  their  hearts  would  break.  In 
a  day  or  two  many  of  them  had  hold 
of  Jesus'  hand,  and  their  little  hearts 
were  filled  with  joy. 

Only  a  few  days  since  I  found  a  lit- 
tle boy  about  eight  years  of  age,  in 
one  of  these  seats  at  the  children's  in- 
quiry meeting,  sobbing  aloud.    Said  I, — 

'^What's  the  matter,  my  dear  little  fel- 
low?" 

"  Oh,  dear  !  I'm  lost !  I'm  lost !  and 
I  can't  find  Jesus !  Oh !  my  wicked 
heart !  How  can  I  get  a  new  heart  ?  I 
have   been   so   wicked !     I   have   never 


14       THE    child's    guide    TO    HEAVEN. 

loved  Jesus  at  all !  I  thought  I  lov.ed 
him,  but  now  I  know  I  never  did. 
Will  he  take  me?" 

"  Oh,  yes  I "  said  I ;  "  he  says,  ^  Him 
that  Cometh  unto  me  I  will  in  no  wise 
cast  out.' ''  I  tried  to  tell  him  how 
Jesus  died  for  sinners  just  like  him. 
At  length  we  kneeled  down  in  one 
of  the  pews,  and,  in  a  low  tone,  we 
prayed  together,  and  the  little  boy 
asked  God  to  take  away  his  wicked 
heart,  and  help  him  to  love  the  dear 
Jesus;  and  that  little  boy,  I  believe, 
found  Jesus  to  be  "  the  cliilcTs  Guide 
to  heaven,^^  and  he  is  here  to-day,  with 
a  smiling  face  and  a  singing  heart. 

If,  indeed,  he  is  following  the  loving 
Saviour  as   his  Friend  and  Guide,  you 


THE    HAPPY    FACE.  15 

will  see  a  change  in  that  boy's  life. 
If  he  has  hold  of  Jesus,  the  first  link 
of  the- "  golden  chain,"  he  will  find  the 
second  link  to  be,  "  holiness,"  and  the 
third,  "  happiness."  Yes,  he  will  be  a, 
better  and  a  happier  boy. 

This  little  boy's  face,  to-day,  like 
many  others  here,  is  lit  up  with  a  radi- 
ant joy  that  is  far  brighter  than  that 
which  shone  from  the  face  of  the  little 
girl  in  London,  when  on  her  way  home, 
and  I  trust  the  reason  is,  that  he  has, 
by  faith,  a  strong  hold  on  Jesus.  I 
have  no  doubt,  some  of  the  parents 
here  to-day  scarcely  believe  that  their 
children  are  enemies  of  the  dear  Sav- 
iour; perhaps  they  have  never  found 
out  by   experience    that    the    Bible   is 


16       THE    CHILD^S    GUIDE    TO    HEAVEN. 

true,  when  it  says  "  The  heart  is  de- 
ceitful above  all  things  and  desperately 
wicked.'^  I  pray  that  they  may  learn, 
as  many  of  you  have,  that  it  is  a  very 
wicked  thing  not  to  love  that  dear 
Jesus  who  ^^  first  loved  us."  Here  is 
a  letter  from  a  little  boy,  whom  I 
found,  only  a  few  weeks  ago,  in  a 
children's  inquiry-meeting,  in  Brooklyn, 
weeping  and  asking  how  he  could  get 
a  new  heart.  He  says,  "  I  thouglit  I 
loved  Jesus,  but  found  I  teas  a  great 
sinner. ^^ 

I  will  read  it  to  you,  and  I  trust  the 
dear  Christians  present  will  be  lifting 
up  their  hearts  to  God,  that  all  here 
may  find  what  great  sinners  they  are, 
to   reject   the   loving   Saviour :  — 


THE    child's    letter.  lY 

"Dear  Mr.  Hammond, —  I  was  always 
in  the  habit  of  coming  to  Sunday-schoul, 
and  I  thought  I  loved  Jesus,  until  you 
came  and  told  us  about  him ;  and  I 
found  that  I  was  a  great  sinner  to  re- 
ject that  loving  Saviour,  wdio  suffered 
so  much  for  me.  At  the  first  meeting, 
I  did  not  care  much,  until  a  kind  lady 
came  and  asked  me  if  I  loved  Jesus ; 
I  did  not  make  her  any  answer,  for 
there  were  other  boys  in  the  seat  with 
me.  So  she  sat  down  and  talked  with 
us  a  long  time,  and  said  she  would 
pray  for  us,  and  it  was  then  I  com- 
menced   to   feel    that   I   was   a   sinner, 

and  if  I  did   not   repent  of  my  sins,  I 

« 
could  never   enter   heaven ;   and   when 

I  went  home,  I  asked  God  to  give  me 


18        THE    child's    guide    TO    HEAVEN. 

a  new  heart,  and  make  me  to  love  that 
Saviour  who  died  for  me ;  and  when  I 
got  up  off  my  knees,  I  felt  so  happy 
that  I  could  not  help  singing.  But  still 
I  did  not  say  anything,  for  I  thought 
the  boys  would  laugh  at  me  ;  and  you 
said  we  ought  not  to  be  ashamed  of 
Jesus,  for  if  we  were  ashamed  of  him, 
we  could  not  bo  his  lambs.  So  when 
I  went  home,  I  prayed  to  God  to  help 
me,  and  not  be  ashamed  of  Jesus.  He 
tias  answered  my  prayer,  and  has  given 
mo  a  new  heart,  and  I  do  not  think 
I  will  ever  be  ashamed  of  him  again. 
I  feel  very  happy  now,  since  I  have 
found  Jesus.  There  are  other  boys 
and  girls  who  have  founH  Jesus ;  and 
oh !  I  do  love  to  be  at  our  little  prayer- 


"WFIAT    IS    A    NEW    HEART?"  19 

meetings,  for  I  tliink  that  when  we  get 
to  heaven,  we  will  be  far  happier.  I 
love  to  read  my  Bible,  now,  and  before 
I  found. Jesus,  I  never  thought  of  it, 
except  when  I  was  in  Sunday-school. 
But  I  love  it  now,  and  I  will  always 
love  it;  and  I  love  to  pray  to  Jesus 
for  others  and  myself.  Pray  for  me. 
''  Your  young  friend." 
You  see  how  happy  this  dear  boy  is, 
now  that  he  lias  found  Jesus  to  be  ^Hhe 
chikVs  Guide  to  heaven^  He  says  he 
asked  God  for  a  new  heart,  and  he 
gave  it  to  him,  and  he  was  so  happy 
he  could  not  help  singing.  Can  some 
of  you  tell  me  what  a  new  heart  is? 
(Up  fly  dozens  of  little  hands.)  Well, 
what   is   it? 


20       THE    child's    guide    TO    HEAVEN. 

One  little   boy   answers, — 

^*  It  is  a  singing  heart." 

"And  what  else  is  a  new  heart?" 

Another  answers, — 

"  It  is  a  praying  heart." 

"Yes,  you  see  this  little  boy  says,  ^I 
love  to  pray  to  Jesus  for  others  and 
myself.'  Ah !  I  see  another  hand  up. 
Well,  what  is  your  definition  of  a  new 
heart?" 

"  It  is  a  working  heart." 

"  Very  good.  This  boy,  too,  must 
have  had  a  working  heart;  you  see  he 
did  all  he  could  to  get  others  to  follow 
Jesus,  the  *  Guide  to  heaven.'  Are 
there  any  more  answers  ?  " 

"A  Bible-loving  heart." 

"Very  good.     If  a  Bible-loving  heart 


EVIDENCE    OF    A    NEW    HEART.  21 

is  a  new  lieart,  then  this  boy  in  Brook- 
lyn must  liavo  had  a  new  heart,  for 
you   see   he    says, — 

"  I  love  to  read  my  Bible  now,  and 
before  I  found  Jesus,  I  never  thought 
of  it,  except  when  I  was  in  sabbath- 
school." 

"  Are  there  any  other  answers  ?  " 

"A  new  heart,"  said  a  little  girl, 
"is    a   happij   lieart." 

"  Oh,  how  true,  none  of  us  can  be 
really  happy,  till  we  find  Jesus  and 
get  a  new  heart;  and  we  shall  all  find 
it  to  be  truly  a  ^  happy  heart.'  And 
this  is  another  evidence  that  this  boy 
had  a  new  heart ;  for  he  says,  '  I  was  so 
hapiJjj  I  could  not  help  singing.'  Let 
us   count   up  some  of  these   evidences 


22     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

of  a  new  heart;  we  will  place  them 
Hke  gold  rings  upon  our  fingers.  Here, 
then,  is  the  first  on  the  left  little  fin- 
ger.    What  was  it?" 

Several   answer,  — 

"  A  singing  heart." 

''What  next?" 

"  A  praying  heart." 

"  Yes,  and  what  was  the  name  of  the 
'gold  ring'  for  the  third  finger?" 

"  A  working  heart." 

"The  fourth?" 

"  A  Bible-loving  heart." 

"And  what  for  the  next?" 

"  A  happy  heart." 

"  Yes,  and  I  see  numbers  here  to- 
day, whose  happy  faces  se^m  to  show, 
that  they  have  this  new,  singing,  pray- 


FIVE    GOLD    RINGS.  23 

ing,  Bible-loving,  working,  happy  heart. 
Some  of  you,  who,  only  a  few  days  ago, 
were  weeping  to  think  how  your  sins 
helped  to  nail  the  hands  of  the  dear 
Jesus  to  the  cruel  cross,  I  saw  at 
work  yesterday  in  the  children's  in- 
quiry-meeting, and  by  your  words  and 
prayers  trying  to  lead  others  to  trust 
in  the  dear  Jesus.  I  am  glad  some 
of  you  seem  to  have  the  '  working 
heart.' " 

I  pray  that  the  sight  of  these  many 
happy  faces  may  pierce  some  older  hard 
hearts  here  to-day,  and  lead  them  to 
trust  in  Jesus,  as  their  Saviour  and 
Guide.  I  have  in  my  pocket,  a  letter 
from  a  lady  in  Hamilton,  in  Canada, 
who  was   first   startled  to  think  of  her 


24     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

lost  condition  by  having  a  friend  say 
to  her  at  one  of  the  children's  meet- 
ings, — 

"How  happy  these  children  seem  I  It 
makes  me  happy  to  look  at  them." 

It  led  her  to  ask  the  question, — 

"  Am  I  happy  ?  No  !  I  have  all  that 
this  world  can  give ;  but  I  am  not 
happy." 

In  a  few  days  she  was  among  the 
happy  young  converts,  and  was  '^able 
to  comprehend  with  all  saints  what  is 
the  breadth  and  length  and  depth  and 
height,  and  to  know  the  love  of  Christ 
which  passeth  knowledge."  (Eph.  iii., 
18,  19.) 

Now,  my  dear  little  friends,  do  you 
want    this    neiv    heart  ?      The    moment 


"stony  heart/'  25 

you  believe  in  Jesus,  he  will  give  it 
to  you.  Let  us  all  turn  to  Ezekiel, 
xxxvi.,  26.  Here  it  says,  "  A  new 
heart,  also,  will  I  give  you,  and  a  new 
spirit  will  I  put  within  you ;  and  I 
will  take  away  the  stony  heart  out 
of  your  flesh,  and  I  will  give  you  a 
heart  of  flesh."  Jesus  will  not  lead 
you  one  step  towards  heaven  till  you 
come  to  him  and  get  rid  of  that  hard, 
stony  heart.  Whfle  many  have  felt 
happy  here  to-day  and  joined  heartily 
in  singing  these  sweet  hymns,  I  have 
noticed,  that  numbers  were  at  times 
in  tears.  I  beheve  that  the  Holy  Spirit 
has  been  showing  some  of  you,  that 
you  are  lost,  and  that  you  have  wicked, 
hard  hearts.     And  what  I  am  afraid  of 


26     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

is,  that  you  will  be  satisfied  with  try- 
ing to  get  a  hetter  heart  instead  of 
coming  at  once  to  Jesus  fur  a  new  heart. 
You  see  the  promise  in  this  verse  is 
not  for  a  better  heart,  but  for  a  new 
heart." 

A  gentleman  once  bought  a  valuable 
gold  watch;  but  it  did  not  keep  time. 
He  did  not  know  by  it  Tvhen  to  go  home 
to  his  dinner ;  he  thus  sometimes  lost 
his  meals.  He  took  it  back  to  the 
watchmaker.  He  looked  at  it  with  his 
magnifying  glass,  and  tried  to  find  what 
the  matter  was;  but  it  was  all  in  vain. 
He  said  to  the  gentleman, — 

"It  is  a  perfect  watch,  and  must  keep 
time." 

He  took  it  home ;  tried  it  again,  with 


THE    MAGNETIZED    WATCH.  27 


no  better  success.  He  went  back  with 
it,  quite  angry,  saying,— 

^'  I  will  not  have  it !  I  don't  care  if  it 
is  full  of  jewels,  it  will  not  keep  time, 
and  that  is  what  I  want  of  a  watcli." 

The  Avatchmaker  applied  a  magnet, 
and  found  that  one  of  the  wheels  was 
magnetized.  Did  he  place  it  on  his  lit- 
tle anvil,  and  try  to  make  it  better? 
No ;  he  took  it  out  and  threw  it  away, 
and  put  a  7iew  wheel  in  its  place,  and 
then  the  watch  kept  good  time.  And 
that  is  just  what  you  must  ask  God  to 
do  for  you,  and  he  will,  for  Jesus'  sake, 
take  away  that  bad  wheel  in  your  hearts 
and  give  you  a  new  wheel  —  a  new 
heart  —  that  wih  regulate  all  your  ac- 
tions by  motives,  which  you  have  never 


28      THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

known  before.  You  will  then  love  the 
dear  Jesus  and  delight  to  follow  him  as 
your  *'  Guide  to  heaven." 

This  is  the  way  to  get  those  five 
gold  rings,  and  this  will  make  you  rich 
in  time  and  eternity.  In  the  thirty- 
seventh  verse  in  this  same  chapter  in 
Ezekiel,  it  tells  how  to  get  that  new 
heart,  "  Thus  saith  the  Lord  God,  I 
will  yet  for  this  be  inquired  of."  Yes, 
if  you  ask,  you  will  get  all  your  sins 
forgiven,  and  a  new  heart,  so  that  you 
will  then  hate  sin.  You  see,  my  dear 
children,  I  have  been  trying  to  show 
those  of  you  who  are  not  Christians, 
that  you  are  lost  in  the  dark  ways  of 
sin;  and  I  have  told  you  how  others 
found   the   way  to   Jesus,  "  the    Guide 


-A     REVIEW.  29 


to  heaven,"  and  how  when  they  trusted 
in  the  Saviour,  they  had  a  new  heart 
given  them,  and  were  made  happy  and 
were  sure  of  being  led  all  the  way  to  his 
blissful  presence  above.  And  I  have 
tried  to  tell  you  how  you  could  get 
this  new  heart  and  be  led  by  Jesus 
up   the    shining    path,    singing    as   you 

go,— 

"  Around  the  throne  of  God  in  heaven 
Thousands  of  children  stand  — 
Children  whose  sins  are  all  forgiven, 
A  holy,  happy  band. 

Shall  we  rise  and  sing  these  verses? 
(All  join.) 

"  In  flowing  robes  of  spotless  white, 
See  every  one  arrayed  ; 
Dwelling  in  everlasting  light, 
And  joys  that  never  fade. 


30       THE    child's    guide    fo    HEAVEN. 

"  What  brought  them  to  that  world  above  — 
That  heaven  so  bright  and  fair, 
Where  all  is  peace,  and  joy  and  love  ? 
How  came  those  children  there  ? 

"  Because  the  Saviour  shed  his  blood 
To  wash  away  their  sin  ; 
Bathed  in  that  pure  and  precious  flood, 
Behold  them  white  and  clean  ! 

"  On  earth  they  sought  the  Saviour's  grace, 
On  earth  they  loved  his  name  ; 
So  now,  they  see  his  blessed  face, 
And  stand  before  the  Lamb, 
Singing,  Glory,  glory,  glory  be  to  God  on  high." 

You  love  to  sing  tliese  sweet  hymns 
and  hear  the  stories.  But  who  of  these 
fifteen  hundred  children  who  come  here 
day  after  day,  really  love  Jesus?  Like 
this  boy  whose  letter  we  read,  you 
inay  think  you  do ;  but  you  may  be 
mistaken,  as  was  he  at  first.  Do  you 
give   the    same    evidence    of    liaving   a 


CHRIST    SUFFERING    FOR    US.  31 

new  heart?  I  have  been  trying  to 
show  you  how  easy  it  is  to  come  to 
Jesus  and  be  saved.  But  oh !  it  was 
not  such  an  easy  thing  for  Jesus  to 
sudor  for  us,  that  lie  might  save  us 
from  our  sins,  and  guide  us  to  heaven. 
Let  us  open  our  l>iblcs,  and  spend  a 
few  moments  in  following  the  steps  of 
our  dear  Saviour  from  the  Garden  of 
Gethsemane  to  the  cross  of  Calvary. 
In  Luke  xxii.,  42,  44,  we  hear  him 
saying,  "  Father  if  thou  be  willing,  re- 
move this  cup  from  me  :  "  "  and  being 
in  an  agony  he  prayed  more  earnestly  : 
and  his  sweat  was,  as  it  were,  great 
drops  of  blood  falling  down  to  the 
ground."  The  thought  of  being  treated 
as  a  sinner,  and  having  his  Father  turn 


his  face  away  from  him,  made  the 
bloody  sweat  pour  down  his  brows. 
But  0  dear  children,  he  saw  that 
there  was  no  other  way  for  us  to  be 
saved,  and  he  loved  us  so  much  that 
he  was  willing  to  die   for  us,   and  so, 

in  Matt,  xxvi.,  42,  we  hear  him  saying, 
"Thy   will  be   done." 

Let  us  read  on  in  this  twenty-second 
chapter  of  Luke,  forty-fifth  verse.  "And 
when  he  rose  up  from  prayer,  and 
was  come  to  his  disciples,  he  found 
them  sleeping  for  sorrow,  and  said  un- 
to them,  "  Why  sleep  you  ?  rise  and 
pray,  lest  ye  enter  into  temptation. 
And  while  he  yet  spake,  behold  a  mul- 
titude and  he  that  was  called  Judas, 
one  of  the   twelve,   went  before  them. 


JESUS    BEFORE    PILATE.  33 

and  drew  near  unto  Jesus,  to  kiss  him. 
But  Jesus  said  unto  him,  Judas,  be- 
trayest  thou  the  Son  of  man  with  a 
kiss  ?  "  We  leani  from  the  twelfth  and 
thirteenth  verses  of  the  eighteenth  chap- 
ter of  John,  that  ''  the  captain  and  oflScers 
of  the  Jews  took  Jesus  and  bound  him, 
and  led  him  away  to  Annas  first."  In 
the  fifty-fourth  verse,  we  see  him  again 
taken  and  led  to  Caiaphas  the  high- 
priest's  house.  And  we  see,  at  the  sixty- 
third  verse,  how  cruelly  they  treated  the 
Son  of  God,  who  made  all  things:  "And 
the  men  that  held  Jesus  mocked  him 
and  smote  him.  And  when  they  had 
blindfolded  him,  they  struck  him  on 
the  face,  and  asked  him,  saying.  Proph- 
esy, who  is  it  that  smote  thee?"      In 


34     THE   child's   guide  to   heaven. 

Mark  xiv.,  65,  it  says,  "  Some  began 
to  spit  on  him,  and  buffet  him,"  — 
that  is,  they  struck  him  with  the 
clenched  fist,  —  "  and  the  servants  did 
strike  him  with  the  palms  of  their 
hand."  Oh,  how  wonderful,  that  he 
should  have  borne  all  so  meekly  and 
willingly  for  you  and  me !  And  what 
hard  hearts  we  have  had  not  to  love 
him  in  return  I  But  this  was  not  all. 
Let  us  read  on.  In  the  first  verse  of  the 
twenty-third  chapter  of  Luke,  "  And  the 
whole  multitude  of  them  arose,  and  led 
Him  unto  Pilate,  and  they  began  to  ac- 
cuse Him."  Fourth  verse,  "  Then  said 
Pilate  to  the  chief  priests  and  to  the  peo- 
ple, I  find  no  fault  in  Him.  And  they 
were  the    more  fierce."      Oh!  how  like 


JESUS  BEFORE  HEROD.        35 

ravening  wolves  they  thirsted  for  his 
blood,  saying,  "  He  stirreth  up  the  peo- 
ple throughout  all  Jewry,  beginning  from 
Galilee  to  this  place.''  When  Pilate 
heard  that  he  "belonged  unto  Herod's 
jurisdiction  he  sent  Him  to  Herod." 
And  now,  in  the  eleventh  verse,  we  see, 
that  after  a  mock  trial,  "  Herod  with, 
his  men  of  war,  set  Him  at  nought  and 
mocked  Him,  and  arrayed  Him  in  a 
gorgeous  robe,  and  sent  Him  again  to 
Pilate."  In  John  xix.,  we  see  how 
this  wicked  Roman  officer  treated  the 
Son  of  God.  "  Then  Pilate  took  Jesus 
and  scourged  him,"  —  with  a  great  whip 
caused  him  to  be  lashed,  till,  no  doubt, 
big  drops  of  blood  ran  down  his  back. 
Second  verse,  "  And   the  soldiers  plat- 


ted  a  crown  of  thorns  and  put  it  on  his 
head,  and  they  put  on  him  a  purple 
robe,  and  said.  Hail,  King  of  the  Jews ! 
and  they  smote  him  with  their  hands. 
Pilate,  therefore,  went  forth  again,  and 
saith  unto  them,  Behold,  I  bring  him 
forth  to  you,  that  you  may  know  that 
I   find   no   fault  in   him." 

No,  my  dear  children,  if  Pilate  could 
have  justly  found  any  fault  in  Him, 
he  could  never  have  bfeen  our  Guide 
to  heaven.  He  never  did  one  wrong 
thing  in  all  His  life.  Yes,  He  who 
knew  no  sin  was  made  sin  for  us. 
"Then  came  Jesus  forth,  wearing  the 
crowq  3f  thorns  and  the  purple  robe." 
"  The  crown-jewels  which  encircled 
Queen  Victoria's  brow,  are  guarded  by 


JESUS    NAILED    TO    THE    CROSS.         3t 

wakeful  eyes/'  day  and  night,  in  the 
great  Tower  of  London.  They  cost 
milHons  of  dollars.  Crowds  daily  flock 
to  see  them.  But  Jesus,  the  King  of 
kings,  wore  this  cruel  crown  of  thorns 
that  you  and  I,  rebels  against  God, 
might  wear  a  crown  of  glory.  Sixth 
verse:  "When  the  chief  priests  there- 
fore and  officers  saw  him,  they  cried 
out,  saying.  Crucify  him,  crucify  him." 
Sixteenth  verse  :  "  And  they  took  Jesus 
and  led  him  away.  And  he,  bearing 
his  cross,  went  forth  into  a  place  called 
the  place  of  a  skull,  which  is  called 
in  the  Hebrew  Golgotha,  ^  Where  they 
crucified  Him.'  " 

They  laid  the   cross   down  upon  the 
ground  and  then  took  some  nails,  and 


38     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

drove  them  through  his  hands  and  feet. 
Hark  !  can  you  not  almost  hear  the 
hammer  as  it  drives  those  rusty  spikes 
through  his  sensitive  hands?  Legions 
of  angels  are  waiting  to  deliver  him, 
and  are  able  to  destroy  those  wicked 
men.  But  no ;  the  Son  of  God  is 
being  "  wounded  for  our  transgressions 
and  bruised  for  our  iniquities ;  "  for 
only  by  his  stripes  can  we  be  healed. 
In  agony  of  soul  more  than  of  body, 
he  cries,  "My  God  why  hast  thou  for- 
saken me  ! "  He  was  forsaken  for  our 
sake. 

"  When  He  from  His  lofty  throne 
Stooped  to  do  and  die. 
Everything  was  fully  done. 
Hearken  to  His  cry,  — 


BEHOLD    THE    LAMB    OF    GOD.  39 

"  '  It  ia  finished.'     Yes  indeed  — 
Finished  every  jot ! 
Children,  this  is  all  you  need  ; 
Tell  me,  is  it  not  ?  " 

And  the  words  of  Jesus  to  you,  are 
(Isa.  xlv.;  22):  ^'Look  unto  me,  and  be 
ye  saved."  God's  word  to  young  and 
old  here  this  afternoon,  is,  "Behold 
the  Lamb  of  God,  which  taketh  away 
the  sins  of  the  world''  (John  i.,  29). 
Will  you  repeat  it  aloud  with  me? 
"  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God  which  taketh 
away  the  sins  of  the  world."  Those 
of  you  who  are  weeping  to  think  that 
your  sins  helped  to  nail  the  Saviour 
to  the  cross,  may,  if  you  will  "  be- 
lieve in  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,"  unite 
with  the  rest  in  singing  those  sweet 
words. 


40       THE    child's    guide    TO    HEAVEN. 

"  Behold,  behold  the  Lamb  of  God 

On  the  cross,  on  the  cross  ! 
For  you  ho  shed  his  precious  blood 

On  the  cross,  on  the  cross. 
Now  hear  his  all-important  cry, 

*  Eloi  la  ma  sabacthani  ; ' 
Draw  near  and  see  your  Saviour  die 

On  the  cross,  on  the  cross. 

"  Where'er  I  go,  I'll  tell  the  story 

Of  the  cross j  of  the  cross  ; 
In  nothing  else  my  soul  shall  glory 

Save  the  cross,  save  the  cross. 
Yes,  this  my  constant  theme  shall  be, 

Through  time  and  in  eternity, 
That  Jesus  suffered  death  for  me 

On  the  cross,  on  the  cross." 

It  seems  so  strange  to  me,  that 
when  Jesus  has  done  so  much  for  us, 
there  should  be  any  here  who  do  not 
love  him.  I  remember  once  finding 
an  anxious  little  girl  among  the  inquir- 
ers in  Dundee,  in  Scotland,  where  the 


LITTLE    GIRL    IN    DUNDEE.  41 

holy  Robert  McChayne  was  so  dearly 
loved  by  the  children,  and  she  told  me 
her  heart  was  so  wicked  she  could  not 
love  the  Saviour.  She  seemed  to  feel 
her  sins  to  be  very  great,  but  declared 
she  could  not  love  Jesus.  As  she  ap- 
peared to  have  learned  that  she  needed 
an  entire  "  new  heart,"  and  not  a  "  bet- 
ter heart,"  I  began  to  tell  her  more 
about  what  Christ  had  done  for  lost 
sinners.  In  a  few  moments  she  looked 
up  with  a  happy  smile,  saying,  — 

"  I  can't  help  loving  Him.  Oh,  I 
wonder  I  never  loved  him  before, 
when  he  loved  me  so  much  as  to  be 
willing  to  suffer  punishment  and  death 
for  me." 

Why,  if  an  earthly  friend  had  done 


42     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

half  as  much  for  you  as  has  this  one, 
who  so  "  well  deserves  the  name  of 
Friend,"  I  am  sure  you  would  not  be 
so  ungrateful,  as  not  to  love  him  in 
return. 

Mr.  R.  G.  Pardee,  told  me  a  week 
or  two  since,  how  a  lady  of  New  York 
was  led  to  love  the  Lord  Jesus,  when 
she  was  only  six  years  of  age.  One 
day  her  father  brought  home  a  big 
whip-cord,  and  quietly  sat  down  and 
began  to  tie  great  ugly  knots  in  it. 
The  little  daughter  came  trotting  up 
to  him  and  asked,  — 

"What  are  you  doing,  papa?" 
"  You   will   know   soon    enough,   my 
darling,"  was  his  serious  answer,  as  he 
continued   tying  the  knots. 


LITTLE    EMMA    LED    TO    JESUS.  43 

A  few  days  after,  he  got  the  whip- 
cord again,  and  began  to  tie  some  more 
knots  in  it.  Again  the  little  creature 
ran  up  to  him  and  asked, — 

"What  are  you  doing  that  for,  papa?" 

"  You  will  know  soon  enough,"  was 
his  only  answer. 

Little  Emma,  in  a  few  days,  had  dis- 
obeyed her  father  and  done  something 
very  wrong.  He  called  her  to  him,  and 
after  he  had  tied  her  hands,  he  brought 
out  the  great  whip-cord,  and  made  as 
though  he  was  about  to  whip  her  with 
it.  The  little  thing  began  to  cry 
aloud,  — 

"0  father,  it  will  kill  me!  it  will 
kill  me  I   don't,  papa,  it  will  kill  me  I " 

"Did  you  not  do  wrong?"  he  asked. 


44     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

*'  Yes,"  she  said. 

"  And  do  you  not  deserve  to  be  pun- 
ished ?  " 

"  Yes  ;  but,  0  papa,  the  big  whip- 
cord will  kill  me  I  '^ 

"  Lucy  is  a  larger  girl  ;  how  would 
you  feel  towards  your  sister  if  she 
would  be  punished  for  you  ? "  replied 
the   father. 

''  0  papa,  I  would  love  her  just  as 
long  as  I  live  I  " 

After  the  child  was  untied,  her  fa- 
ther told  the  story  which  I  have  read 
to  you  to-day,  —  how  our  Saviour  was 
scourged,  and  how  he  shed  his  blood 
that  her  sins  might  all  be  washed  away; 
and  asked  her  how  she  felt  towards  Je- 
sus then. 


NOBLEMAN    AND    WOLVES.  45 

^'  0  papa  1 "  said  she,  "  I  will  love 
him  just   as   long   as    I  live/' 

They  then  knelt  in  prayer,  and  ever 
since  she  has  loved  the  Saviour.  For 
years  she  has  been  a  devoted  Christian 
in  New  York  City,  trying  to  get  httle 
children  of  only  six  summers  to  love 
Him  who,  when  on  earth,  said,  "  Suffer 
little  children  to  come  unto  me." 

And  how  do  you  feel  towards  Jesus, 
dear  children,  now  that  you  have  heard 
from  God's  own  holy  word  how  Jesus 
loved  you  and  gave  himself  for  you? 
Are  not  some  of  you  ready  to  say,  "  Oh, 
I  will  love  him  just  as  long  as  I  live!" 

A  Russian  nobleman,  with  his  fam- 
ily, was  being  rapidly  drawn  across  the 
snowy  plains  by  four  fleet  horses,  driven 


4G     THE   child's  guide  to   heaven. 

by  a  serf  or  slave.  They  wished  to 
get  to  the  next  hotel  before  stopping 
for  the  night.  Darkness  came  on,  and 
soon  the  bowlings  of  the  hungry  wolves 
were  heard.  The  swift  horses  bounded 
away  over  the  smooth,  frozen  snow,  but 
the  still  swifter  wolves  drew  nearer  at 
every  step.  The  serf  sprang  from  the 
box,  and  crt  loose  one  of  the  horses. 
The  wolves  as  they  came  up,  soon  tore 
him  limb  from  limb  ;  but  this  did  not 
satisfy  the  ravenous  creatures.  On,  on, 
they  fly  ,1  nearer  and  nearer  —  and  an- 
other horse  is  cut  loose.  This,  too, 
only  detained  them  for  a  short  time. 
And  now  they  have  only  two  horses 
left ;  they  cannot  spare  any  more ;  the 
dear   children   cry  aloud ;   but  still  the 


SERF    TORN    IN    PIECES.  47 

hungry  wolves  come  howling  nearer. 
If  they  could  only  contrive  some  way 
to  keep  them  back  for  a  little  time, 
they  might  reach  the  next  stopping- 
place,  which  is  now  in  sight.  The 
serf  sees  what  is  needed,  and  turning 
to   his   master   says,  — 

'^  I  love  you,  and  am  willing  to  die 
to  save  you ;  take  the  reins,  and  I 
will  throw  myself  in  among  the  wolves, 
and  when  they  have  destroyed  me,  you 
will   be   in   a   place   of  safety." 

No  time  was  to  be  lost.  In  a  mo- 
ment these  fierce  creatures,  with  open 
mouths,  were  at  the  side  of  the  sledge 
ready  to  spring  upon  the  parents  and 
children.  The  serf  threw  himself  in 
among  them.     They  all  left  the    chase 


4.8     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

and  sprang  upon  him,  and  soon  noth- 
ing was  left  but  locks  of  hair  and  a 
few  bones.  In  a  short  time  the  no- 
bleman and  family  were  at  the  hotel 
in  safety;  and  what  do  you  think  they 
did  the  next  morning?  Did  they  drive 
on  forgetful  of  him  who  died  to  save 
them?  What  would  the  little  children 
have  said,  if  their  father  and  mother 
had  wished  to  do  so?  Can  you  not 
almost  hear  them  say,  "  Let  us  go 
back  and  see  where  the  cruel  wolves 
killed  our  poor  friend  last  night."  Yes; 
and  you  can  see  them  all  there  gather- 
ing up  the  fragments  of  his  body. 
How  carefully  they  preserve  them,  and 
how  freely  they  all  contribute  to  erect 
a  monument  to  his  memory!    And,  dur- 


It  is  recorded  that  upon  the  monument  erected  to  the 
memory  of  this  noble  serf  were  inscribed  the  words  of 
Scripture,  "Greater  love  hath  no  man  than  this  that 

A  MAN  lay  down  HIS  LIFE  FOR  HIS  FRIENDS;"  "BUT  GoD 
COMMENDETH  HIS  LOVE  TOWARDS  TJS  IN  THAT  WHILE  WE 
WERE  YET  SINNERS  ChRIST  DIED  FOR  US." 


THE    MONUMENT.  49 

ing  the  summer  months,  you'll  often 
see  them  around  that  monument,  speak- 
ing kindly  and  tenderly  of  him  who  so 
nobly  rescued  them  from  the  jaws  of 
death.  What  would  you  have  said  if 
those  boys  had  spoken  lightly  of  that 
act,  and  been  ashamed  to  have  it  known 
that  their  life  was  saved  by  one  of 
such  humble  station  ?  You  see  how 
mean  and  ungrateful  this  would  have 
been.  Had  these  children  acted  thus, 
you  would  have  despised  them,  and 
said  they  deserved  to  be  torn  in  pieces 
themselves  by  the  wolves. 

But,  0  my  dear  children,  who  threw 
himself  in  among  worse  wolves  for 
your  sake?  Did  you  not  a  little  while 
ago,    hear    their    fierce,    howling    cry. 


50       THE    child's    guide    TO    HEAVEN. 

"  Crucify  him,  crucify  him  "  ?  It  was 
to  save  you  from  a  more  dreadful 
death,  that  he  gave  himself  up  to 
such  cruelties.  Do  you  not  now  see 
how  much  it  cost  him  to  become  "  the 
child's  Guide  to  heaven "  ?  And  yet 
there  are  some  here  to-day  who  do 
not  love  him  at  ali.  You  hate  him ; 
you  speak  lightly  of  him ;  you  profane 
his  name ;  you  are  ashamed  of  him. 
Perhaps  yesterday  you  were  unwilling 
your  own  dear  mother  should  know 
you  wanted  to  find  the  cvay  to  heaven. 
You  have  heard  often  how  he  loved 
you,  and  yet  you  have  never  loved  in 
return.  Does  not  this  show  that  you 
have  wicked  hearts?  But  weeping  will 
not   save   you.      All  that    you   can   do 


A    PRECIOUS    PROMISE,  51 

is  to  confess  all  this  —  confess  that 
you  have  been  very  wicked  in  not  lov- 
ing him  at  all,  when  he  has  loved  you 
so  much.  Here  is  a  precious  promise 
for  you  in  1  John  i.,  9:  "If  we  confess 
our  sins,  he  is  faithful  and  just  to  for- 
give us  our  sins,  and  to  cleanse  us  from 
all  unrighteousness." 
Will  you  not   say, — 

"  Just  as  I  am,  and  waiting  not 
To  rid  my  soul  of  one  dark  blot, 
To  Thee  whose  blood  can  cleanse  each  spot, 
0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come  ! 

"  Just  as  I  am,  Thou  wilt  receive. 

Wilt  welcome,  pardon,  cleanse,  relieve, 
Because  Thy  promise  I  believe, 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come  ! " 

Yes,  the  dear  Jesus  is  here,   full   of 
love  ;   he  sees  your  tears ;  he  sees  you 


52     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

wandering  in  the  dark  labyrinth  of  sin; 
he  hears  all  your  sighs;  his  tender, 
loving  words  are,  "  Come  unto  me  all 
ye  that  labor  and  are  heavy  laden,  and 
I  will  give  you  rest "  (Matt,  xi.,  28). 
How  can  you  reject  him  when  he  so 
gently  knocks  at  the  door  of  your 
heart?  Will  you  not  heed  these  sweet 
words,  which  so  many  dear  children 
in  Scotland  have  often  sung  to  the 
tune  "  Happy  Land,"  when  hundreds 
of  their  little  mates  were  weeping  with 
the  heavy  burden  of  sir>  crushing  their 
little  hearts? 


Oh  !  come  to  Jesus  now, 
Jesus  is  here ; 

All  near  him  lowly  bow, 
Jesus  is  here. 


JESUS    IS    HERE.  63 

Too  many  go  away, 
Too  many  still  delay, 
Though  Jesus  bids  them  stay, 
Jesus  is  here. 

"  Oh  !  come  this  place  within, 

Jesus  is  here  ; 
He  sees  you  full  of  sin, 

Jesus  is  here. 
He  knows  you  why  you  come, 
Poor,  wretched,  and  undone, 
Seeking  him,  and  him  alone, 

Jesus  is  here. 

"  Come,  then,  to  Jesus  now, 
Jesus  is  here  ; 
All  low  before  him  bow, 
Jesus  is  here. 
^    0  ye  that  feel  your  sin. 
And  coming  long  have  been. 
Now  find  your  rest  in  him, 
Jesus  is  here. 

Shall  we  then  "just  now"  bow  our 
heads  in  prayer,  and  "come  to  Jesus"? 
Will  you  repeat  after  me  these  words? 


54     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

(All  bowed  their  heads,  and  in  a  sub- 
dued tone,  repeated  aloud  after  Mr. 
Hammond,  one  by  one,  these  sentences 
of  prayer.) 

'^  Dear  Jesus,  we  come  to  thee  with 
all  our  sins."  "  We  have  been  very 
wicked."  "We  have  told  lies  and  dis- 
obeyed our  parents  and  done  many 
wicked  things."  "We  have  walked  in 
the  dark  ways  of  sin  too  long."  "  We 
have  not  loved  the  Holy  Bible."  "  But, 
0  dear  Jesus,  worst  of  all  we  have 
not  loved  thee."  "  We  have  often 
rejected  theor"  "  Our  sins  helped  to 
crucify  thee."  "  And  yet  thou  wast 
willing  to  die  for  us."  "  Thou  wast 
'  wounded  for  our  transgressions.'  " 
"  Thou  art  able   to    save   unto   the   ut- 


CONSECRATING     PRAYER.  55 

termost."  "Thou  hast  said,  0  God! 
that  if  we  confess  our  sins,  thou  art 
faithful,  for  Jesus^  sake,  to  forgive  us." 
"  0  God  !  we  do  confess  our  sins." 
"  We  repent  of  them."  "  We  wish  to 
forsake  them."  "Holy  Spirit,  help  us 
to  be  sorry  for  our  sins,  and  to  be- 
lieve in  the  Lord  Jesus,  who  died  on 
the  cross  for  sinners  like  us."  "Dear 
Jesus,  show  us  thy  love,  so  that  we 
cannot  help  loving  thee."  "  Thy  blood 
cleanseth  from  all  sin."  "  Lord,  we 
believe,  help  thou  our  unbelief."  "Help 
each  of  us  to  say  from  the  heart, — 

"  '  Just  Bs  I  am  —  poor,  wretched,  blind,  — 
Sight,  riches,  healing  of  the  mind, 
Yea,  all  I  need  in  Thee  to  find  ; 

0  Lamb  of  God,  I  come  ! '" 


66     THE  child's  guide  to  heaven. 

"  Yes,  dear  Lamb  of  God,  we  give 
ourselves  away  to  thee ;  'tis  all  that 
we  can  do."  ''  0  Lord,  bless  our  par- 
ents." "Pour  out  thy  Holy  Spirit  upon 
them."  "If  they  have  not  yet  found 
peace  in  Jesus,  show  them  their  need 
of  him."  "  Help  them  to  beheve  in 
the  Lord  Jesus  Christ,  that  they  may 
be  saved."  "Strengthen  our  dear  min- 
isters and  our  sabbath-school  teachers." 
"  Reward  them  for  their  faithfulness 
to  us."  "  May  we  all,  at  last,  meet 
around  the  throne  of  God  in  heaven." 
"  For  Jesus  Christ's  sake.     Amen  !  " 

"We  shall  now  close  by  singing 
"Jesus  paid  it  all."  And  those  who 
cannot  remain  to  our  precious  inqui- 
ry-meeting,   can    retire.      I     am    sure 


JESUS     PAID    IT     ALL. 

67 

1 

I 

these  dear  Christians  will  love  to  speak 

and   pray   with   the   weeping 

children. 

And  the   little  ones  who  feel 

they  are 

in   the  fold  will  try  and  get 

others  to 

come   to   Jesus,   "the   child's 

Guide  to     [ 

heaven." 

"  Nothing,  either  great  or  small, 

Remains  for  me  to  do  ; 

Jesus  died  and  paid  it  all,  — 

All  the  debt  I  owe. 

Chorus.  —  Jesus  paid  it  all,  — 

1                                     All  the  debt  I  owe, 

And  nothing,  either  great  or 

Remains  for  me  to  do. 

<'  When  he  from  his  lofty  throne 

Stooped  to  do  and  die, 

Everything  was  fully  done, 

"Tis  finished/  was  his  cry. 

Cho.  —  Jesus  paid  it  all,  etc. 

"  Weary,  working,  plodding  one, 

Wherefore  toil  you  so  ? 

1 

68     THE   child's  guide  to  heaven. 

Cease  your  'doing,'  all  was  done 

Long,  long  ago. 
Cho.  —  Jesus  paid  it  all,  etc. 

"  Till  to  Jesus'  work  you  cling, 
By  a  simple  faith, 
*  Doing '  is  a  deadly  thing, 

<  Doing  '  ends  in  death. 
Cho.  —  Jesus  paid  it  all,  eto. 

"  Cast  your  deadly  <  doing '  down^ 
Down  at  Jesus'  feet ; 
Stand  in  him,  in  him  alone, 

Glorious  and  complete. 
Cho.  —  Jesus  paid  it  all,  eto." 


Appendix. 


From  the  Sunday-School  Times. 

A  PLEASANT   REUNION. 

N  Sunday,  Oct.  4tli,  the  Rev.  E.  P. 
Hammond  revisited  Rochester,  N. 
Y.,  the  scene  of  his  labors  in  the 
early  spring.  He  was  greeted  with 
a  warm  welcome  by  the  children  and 
youth  who  thronged  to  hear  him.  He  ad- 
dressed them  in  the  Central  Presbyterian 
Church  in  the  afternoon,  and  at  the  Brick 
Church  in   the   eveninsr. 


60  APPENDIX 


On  the  occasion  of  the  reunion  he  gave 
to  the  children  the  following  new  hymn, 
with   the   note    accompanying  it. 

"My  Dear  Little  Friends  in  Rochester,  — 

"  You  all  remember  that  when  many  of 
you  last  spring  were  anxious  to  know 
what  you  should  do  to  be  saved,  we  used 
to  love  to  sing  that  sweet  hymn,  '  Jesus 
Paid  it  A\V 

"  I  rejoice  to  learn  that  so  many  of  you 
still  give  pleasing  evidence  to  your  dear 
teachers  and  pastors  that  you  did,  by  the 
help  of  the  Holy  Spirit,  '  cast  your  deadly 
doing  down  at  Jesus'  feet.'  Such  of  you 
will,  I  am  sure,  understand  and  join  heart- 
ily in  singing  the  following  verses,  which  I 
have  recently  composed  for  you.  May  the 
Lord  assist  each  of  you  who  trust  you  have 


APPENDIX.  61 


your  sins  forgiven  for  Jesus'  sake,  to  bo 
'  doing  something  for  him  all  the  way  to 
heaven/ 

"With  much  love  and  many  prayers, 
"  Your  affectionate  friend, 

"E.  P.  H. 

"Vernon,  Conn.,  Sept.  1863. 

"RESPONSE  TO  'JESUS  PAID  IT  ALL.' 

"  I've  cast  my  deadly  doing  down, 
Down  at  Jesus'  feet  ; 
I  stand  in  him,  in  him  alone, 
Glorious  and  complete. 
Chorus.  —  Jesus  paid  it  all, 

All  to  him  I  owe, 
And  something,  either  great  or  small, 
From  loye  to  him  I'll  do. 

"  Now  to  Jesus'  work  I'll  cling. 
By  a  simple  faith  ; 
Doing  was  a  'deadly  '  thing. 
It  would  have  been  my  death. 


62  APPENDIX. 


"  Legal  works  I've  given  o'er, 
Jesus  is  my  all  ; 
Sins  that  tasted  sweet  before 
Upon  my  senses  pall. 

*'  'Twas  for  me  that  Jesus  bled 
On  the  cruel  tree  ; 
There  he  bowed  his  thorn-clad  head, 
Oh  !  what  agony. 

"  'Twas  my  sins  that  nailed  him  there, 
Mine  that  shed  his  blood, 
•     Mine  that  pierced  the  bleeding  side 
Of  the  Son  of  God. 

"  Now  my  life  shall  all  be  given 
To  my  risen  Lord  ; 
Doing  all  the  way  to  heaven 
Something  in  his  Word." 

At  the  Brick  Church  Mr.  H.  said  that  a 
minister  of  Rochester  had  that  day  told 
him  that,  though  there  had  over  a  hundred 
from  his  Sunday-school  joined  the  church 


APPENDIX.  63 


since  the  awakening,  there  were  still  near- 
ly a  hundred  more,  whom  the  pastor  and 
session  believed  were  converted,  who  de- 
sired to  unite  themselves  with  the  people 
of  God.  The  evidence  remains,  and  it  is 
noted  in  all  the  churches,  of  the  genu- 
ineness of  the  work  here  among  the 
children. 


A    COLLECTION    OF 


CHOICE  HYMNS  AND  TUNES, 

ESPECIALLY     ADAPTED 

To  Seasons  of  Beep  lleligious  Interest, 

AND    FOR    USE 

IN  THE  FAMILY  AND  SABBATH  SCHOOL. 


EDITED   AND   COMPILED  BY 

EDWARD   PAYSON  HAMMOND. 


In  the  Preface  to  this  little  Hymn  Book  Mr.  Hammond 
says:  "  The  first  glorious  outpouring  of  tlie  Holy  Spirit  has 
been  followed  by  similar  scenes  to  the  present  day.  No 
features  of  such  a  season  arc  more  marked  than  the  use 
which  is  then  made  of ''psalms  and  hymns  and  spiritual 
songs."  Tiieso  arc  the  indispensable  channels  (;f  the  deep 
spiritual  emotions  which  the  H(;ly  Ghost  has  biouglit  into 
existence.  There  are  [xint-up  feelings  which  find  expres- 
sion only  Jn  the  gusliing  outbursts  of  praise.  The  music 
that  requires  artistic  execution  and  a  cultivated  eai-  to  ap- 
preciate, is  utterly  out  of  place  at  such  times.  Tiic  want 
of  the  day,  then,  is  hymns  and  tunes  born  of  the  heart  — 
of  the  heart  under  the  inspiration  of  great  religious  truths, 
rather  than  of  mere  natural  sentiment.  Our  object  has 
been  to  collect  hymns  and  tunes  of  this  character. 

^'This  bcok  is  sent  forth  with  the  earnest  prayer  that 
the  Holy  Spirit  may  still  use  these  Hymns  and  Tunes  to 
arrest  tlie  attention  of  the  careless,  to  point  the  anxious 
to  Jesus,  and  to  assist  God's  people  in  offering  acceptably 
the  '  sarrijlce  of  praise  to  Him  that  loved  us,  and  vm.shed  its 
in  His  own  blood,  and  hath  made  us  Idwjs  and  priests  unto 
God  and  his  Father.^  —  Ilev.  i.  5." 

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etc.    Illus 30 

SUNDAY  SCHOOL  SPEAKER,  or,  Children's  Con- 

cert.      Twelve  numbers— one    for    every  month. 

Each 30 

PAPA'S  LITTLE  SOLDIERS.    By  C.  E.  K.,  author 

of  Grace  Hale,  Conquered  Heart,  DaiseyDeanc,  etc. 

Illus 30 

CARRIE  ALLISON,  or  in  the  Vineyard.    By  the 

author  of  Grace  Hale cO 

WUY  THE  MILL  WAS  STOPPED,  or  Overcoming 

Evil  with  Good.     Illus 30 

F'^ ANK  TALBOT,  or  Unstable  as  Water.    Illus 30 

GEORGE  ROWLAND,  The  Servant  Boy.     Illus..      30 


8  CATALOGUE  OF  BOOKS. 

THE  PARISH  HALL,  and  What  Was  Done  There. 
Fully  illustrated 30 

GRANDMOTHER  TRUE,  or  When  I  was  a  Little 
Girl.   lUus 30 

TEDDY  WinTE,  or  the  little  Orange  Sellers.     Illus..    30 

OUR  DEAR  EDDIE.  A  rare  exaniplo  of  piety  in  a 
Sabbath  Scho(.l  Scholar.    Illus 30 

LOSS  OF  THE  SHIP  KENT,  by  Fire.  A  worh  of 
thrilling  interest.    Illus.. 3tt 

THE  YOUNG  MILLINERS.     A  book  for  girls.  Illus.    30 

THE  POWER  OF  FAITII.  A  narrative  of  Sarah 
Jordan.    Illus 30 

THE  YOUNG  IIOP-PICKKRS.  By  the  author  of 
Matty  Gregg.     Illus- 30 

TAKING  A  STAND.  By  Mrs.  H.  C.  Knight,  author 
of  Il-agh  Fisher,  etc.     A  book  for  boys,   and  all 

others  Avho  taiPiper  with  Strong  Drink.     Illus 30 

OUR  FATHER- S  HOUSE.  A  sv.cct  juvenile.  Illus.  30 
ANNIE  LY  ON,  or  the  Secret  of  a  Ilapj^y  Home.  Illus  30 
SOWING  AND  REAPING.  A  book  for  boys.  Illus.  30 
THE  GOLD  DIGGER.     What  he  lost  and  what  he 

failed  to  realize.    Illus 30 

THE  YOUNG  SERGEANT,  or  the  Triumphant 
Soldier.  By  the  authcr  of  Opposite  the  Jail, 
Antoinette,  etc 30 


CATALOGUE  OF  BOOKS. 


ALICE  HAVEN.    A  book  for  girls.      By  the  author 

of  Grace  Hale,  Carrie  Allison,  etc.     Illus 30 

THE  TELESCOPE.    An  Allegory.    Filled  with  Hible 

truth,  and  clothed  in  beautiful  imagery,     Illus 25 

LIJONARD  DOBBIN,  or  the  One  Mos?  Rose.  Illus..  25 
KITTY'S  KNIiriNG-NEEDi.ES.     A  book  for  girls. 

Illus , 25 

THE  FOX  11 UXTER.    A  work  of  unspeakable  value 

to  disciples.     By  Dr.  Malan 25 

NED,  THE  SHEPHERD  BOY,  changed  to  the  Young 
Christian.     Illus 25 

WILLIE  AND  CHARLIE,  or  the  Way  to  be  Inppy. 
Illus.... 25 

JANE  TIIO PwNE,  or  tlie  Head  and  the  Heart.    Illus . .     25 

JENNIE  CARTER,  or  Trust  in  God.  By  Catherine 
D.  Bell.    Illus 25 

PHILIP  AND  BESSIE,  or  Wisdom's  Way.    Illus  ...     25 
THE  SAB  3ATr  9'^HOOL  CONCERT,  or  Children's 
Meeting.    Its   Iii>.:ory,   Advantages,   and   Abuses, 

with  approved  mode  Ol  conducting  it 25 

LEAVING  HOME.  By  the  author  of  Capt.  Russe^.'e 
Watclnvord,  ]:ilen  Dacre,  Old  Red  House,  Blind 
Ethan,  etc.    Illus 25 

LI  Jfj  I  I  '  The  Ragged  L'rchin,  and  under 
wh  Teachings  he  was  Reclaimed  from  the  Street. 
Idiis 85 


10  CATALOGUE  OF  tOOKS. 

THE  BELIEVING  TRADESMAN,  an  authentic  story, 
and  a  wonderful  illustration  of  the  power  of  faith. 
It  lias  few  parallels  in  history,     lllus 15 

THE  SUNDAl'  EXCURSION,  and  what  came  of  it.  A 
timely  work.    lllus  — 25 

BLIND  ETHAN.  By  the  author  of  Capt.  Russel's 
Watchword.    lllus 25 

ROBERT  RAIKES,  the  founder  of  Sabbath  Schools. 
By  Rev.  Dr.  Cornell.  An  entirely  new  and  original 

work.    Elegantly  illustrated , 25 

SONGS  FOR 'the  SUNDAY  SCHOOL  AND  VES- 
TRY      25 

BENNY'S  BIRDS.    lllus...-. 25 

STOLEN  GOLD  PIECE.    lllus 25 

ALICEFIELD.    lllus  25 

SEALING  TJIE  SPIRIT 20 

THE  REMEMBERED  PRAYER.  A  charming  juve- 
nile,     lllus 20 

SHIPS  IN  THE  mST.  By  the  author  of  Similitudes, 
etc.      lllus - 20 

LAZY  STEPHEN,  and  what  made  him  a  valuable 
Man.     lllus 20 

THE  LOST  HALF  CROWN.  A  charming  juvenile. 
Fully  illustrated 20 

TOM  MATHER  AND  THE  LOST  PURSE.  Reveal- 
ing Mie  Workings  of  Conscience  in  a  Little  Boy's 
mind.    lllus 20 


CATALOGUE  OF    BOOKS.  11 

JESSIE  AT  THE  SPRING,  and  Other  Stories.  De- 
signed for  children  and  youth 20 

THE  LIGHTHOUSE  KEEPER'S  DAUGHTER.  A 
charming  example  of  Christian  faith  in  a  child.  Ill    20 

WILLIE  WILSON.  A  dear  child  was  Willie.  The 
story  and  its  associations  speak  for  themselves.    Ill    20 

THE  YOUNG  RECRUITING  SERGEANT-  The  mind 
of  a  little  child  sometimes  exercises  a  potential  in- 
fluence over  that  of  an  adult.    lUus 20 

YES  AND  NO.  Two  very  hard  words  to  speak  in 
the  light  of  a  temptation.    lUus 20 

TOM  BRIAN  IN  TROUBLE.  Much  easier  is  it  to 
get  out  of  it.  This  story  is  a  practical  commentary 
on  a  great  truth,    lllus 20 

DREAMING  AND  DOING,  and  Other  Stories.  Great 
truths  in  life  experiences.      lllus 20 

SANCTIFICATION.      By  Rev.  J.  Q.  Adams 20 

THE  HANDCUFFS,  or  the  Deserter.     lllus 15 

THE  LUZ^ATIC  AND  KIS  KEEPER,  and  other  narra- 
tives-   lllus 15 

MUST  I  NOT  STRIVE  ?  or  the  Poor  Man's  Dinner, 
lllus 15 

THE  LOST.  TICKET,  or  Is  your  Life  Insured  ?    lllus.  1 5 

THE  CHILD  ANGEL.     lllus 15 

THE  DREAM  OF  HEAVEN.    A  narrative  work  of 

touching  interest .    Tenth  thousand 15 

SUNSHINE  FOR  H  UMAN  HEA RTS 15 


